This week in class, we discussed women in music, both women singers and songs/attitudes about women in the fifties and sixties. Though women did not have as much power as they do now, they still turned to music to get their points across, mostly about the men in their lives, or even their lives in general.
It popped out to me that a majority of what women sang during this time was their fear of the men in their lives leaving them, mostly their significant others. I thought that this was important because it shows how women were most likely treated during this time. Based on the lyrics, it seems like it is very common for men to just up and leave their wives/girlfriends all alone without much warning. Another aspect was men leaving women for other women. I think this shows that women did not get as much respect that they deserved and kind of got pushed around by the men around them.
We also looked at some "comedic" videos of men talking about how they cannot deal with women in the work place. I found this to be very offensive and insensitive, regardless of whether or not it was a joke. Men would look down on women and have little to no faith in any of their abilities other than house work and taking care of children. These videos show that women have come a long way over the past few decades, but there is still some work to be done to move further with women's rights.
When watching that "comedic" video, I was thinking about how it would feel to be treated like an "inferior" in the ways these women were. I applaud them for the amount of patience they seemed to have, and I'm glad that women have come so far in getting more respect from others.
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